Jose Martinez and Alex Santiago battled to their 2nd draw in a 10-round super flyweight bout in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
It was an entertaining affair with plenty of back and forth exchanges.
Each fighter took a card 96-94, and one card read even at 95-95.
Martinez, 114.8 lbs of Las Marias, PR is 20-0-2. Santiago 114.3 lbs of Tijuana, MX is 16-2-4.
“I really think that I won this fight,” said Jose Martinez. “I was all over him [Santiago]. There were some rounds he won, but I won the fight. It was a bit different this time because he was moving and boxing a bit more, but I was there to fight. It’s a draw and I respect the judges, but I will keep working hard and will see soon what my promoter has planned for me.”
“I got robbed again,” said Alejandro Santiago. “I am disappointed. I beat him in his own hometown. It’s really disappointing because I came twice to fight for this championship and both times there were draws. It’s unbelievable. I worked really hard just so that it could end in a draw.”
Lucas Fernandez survived a 1st round knockdown to come back to stop previously undefeated Joshua Franco in round nine of their scheduled ten round super flyweight bout.
In round two, Fernandez was cut around his left eye. Later in the round, Franco landed an uppercut that sent Fernandez hard to the canvas. Franco was controlling the action for the balance of the fight.
In round nine, Fernandez came back to land a had six punch flurry that hurt Franco, and the bout was stopped at 46 seconds.
Fernandez, 114 lbs of Santa Fe, ARG is now 12-1-1 with 9 knockouts. Franco, 114 lbs of San Antonio, TX is 13-1.
Josean Serra stopped Marco Sanchez in round three of their scheduled six-round super flyweight bout.
Serra dropped Sanchez in round two with a left to the body. Serra finished Sanchez with a similar shot in the next frame, and the bout was stopped at 1:27.
Serra, 114 lbs of Ponce, PR is now 12-1 with eight knockouts. Sanchez, 115 lbs of Mexicali, MX is 12-7-3.
Danielito Zorilla scored two knockdowns en route to a six-round unanimous decision over Clifford Gray in a welterweight bout.
Zorrilla dropped Gray in round four with a counter right. In round five, it was a straight right that sent Gray to the Canvas.
Zorilla, 146 lbs of Toa Baja, PR won by scores of 60-52 on all cards and is now 5-0. Gray, 146 lbs of Miami, FL falls to 1-4.
